Here's why:
* Sentence: A complete thought that has a subject and a verb.
* Phrase: A group of words that lacks a subject and verb, and therefore cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Example:
* Incomplete Sentence (Phrase): "Running through the park."
* This is missing a subject (who is running?).
* Complete Sentence: "The dog is running through the park."
* This includes both a subject (dog) and a verb (is running).